Kate is the Labour and Co-operative MP for Edmonton and Winchmore Hill, having served as the MP solely for Edmonton from 2015-2024 before boundary changes.
Kate is the Government’s Trade Envoy for East Africa where she is working to boost the UK’s trade connections with countries including Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Kate also serves as the Chair of the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, where she uses her role to foster relations with Commonwealth countries and promote democratic values and human rights around the world.

Kate is Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Women Affected by the Justice System, where she has sought to campaign on issues around the unjust criminalisation of domestic abuse survivors and the disproportionate use of remand for Black and ethnic minority women.

Since first being elected to Parliament in 2015, Kate has taken on a number of frontbench roles including, Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities from January 2016 – June 2016 and the Shadow Secretary of State for International Development from June 2016 – December 2018. As Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Kate argued that the UK has a crucial role to play in building a world for the many, not the few.

Before being elected as an MP in 2015, Kate worked as a GP Practice manager at an Enfield surgery.

Since being elected, Kate has consistently used her voice as an MP to speak out for the most vulnerable in society; highlighting the impact policies will have on disadvantaged communities, arguing for much fuller representation of Black and ethnic minority groups in political bodies, more investment in public services and campaigning on social justice issues.